Sirus Ford Drive / Upfront

The Sirus Ford Drive / Upfront is designed to enable you to drive from your wheelchair or travel upfront as a passenger from the comfort of your wheelchair. Combined with Ford’s latest Grand Tourneo Connect, this premium Ford wav offers a wide range of features and options giving wheelchair drivers and passengers exceptional comfort and drive quality. Our Ford conversion is available on Motability.

Quick Product Guide

• Based on the Ford Grand Tourneo Connect Titanium (long wheelbase)
• 1.5 120bhp Titanium Diesel PowerShift Automatic
• Side entry with UK’s shortest ramp (just 70cm with lowering suspension)
• Seat up to four people (two OEM rear seats included as standard)
• Maximum seated head height – 58”

Quick Service Guide 

• Free home demonstrations nationwide
• Test drive with experienced mobility specialists
• Available on Motability Scheme  (Motability Grants available – find out more)
• Finance packages available from our partner Evolution WAV Finance
• Minimum 3-year conversion warranty (The full length of your lease on Motability)

Conversion Features

Our unique lowered, flat floor Ford wav is designed to enable you to drive from your wheelchair and have the option to travel upfront in your wheelchair next to the driver. The conversion has a lowered floor throughout the front of the vehicle, meaning you have exceptional interior space for a compact vehicle and very good visibility. Our design includes quality sound insulation to ensure low noise levels, offering an unrivalled car-like experience for this type of conversion.

Unlike many other converted vehicles, our design includes a standard size fuel tank and accurate fuel gauge, perfect for longer journeys. If you want to tow a caravan, this is also an option.

Switch Between Wheelchair Driver and Upfront Passenger Positions

Our unique lowered, flat floor design allows you to switch between wheelchair driver and upfront passenger positions. The front seats can safely and easily be detached and moved to the opposite position. For ease, they are on transfer wheels so no lifting is required.

Side Entry

Our side entry design allows you to easily access the vehicle from the curb or a disabled parking space. The conversion is designed with a fully automated ramp and side sliding door.

Lowering Suspension

The Ford WAV is available with or without lowering suspension.  If you choose lowering suspension you have the benefit of the UK’s shortest ramp – just 70cm long.  Lowering suspension gives the vehicle a pre-set ground clearance to always maintain constant ride height, regardless of the weight within the vehicle.  The 4-corner suspension lowers the vehicle when you enter and exit, and when you are ready to drive away the suspension will rise to ride height.

UK’s shortest Ramp

With lowering suspension, the ramp length is just 70cm, a huge advantage when parking. If you opt for standard suspension, the ramp length is just 1.1m long, which should give you ample space to park. The ramp is designed with an anti-slip coating, improving wheel traction in wet weather. The interior floor of the vehicle is also designed with an anti-slip material.

Seating and Storage

Your passengers can enjoy the comfort of two original manufacturer rear seats, complemented by a fold-away footrest for added comfort. A spacious boot offers ample space for luggage and equipment and you can also fold down the rear seats should you need additional space. For ease of use when travelling independently we can fit an automated tailgate (optional).

Bespoke Adaptations

Please ask us about further bespoke options and adaptations. We offer a wide range of driving adaptations which are suited to your exact requirements.  Want to read more? Read the top 20 things about how the Sirus Ford conversion has been designed to address many problems faced when driving a wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Ford Grand Tourneo Connect 

The latest Ford Grand Tourneo Connect is set to upgrade your whole driving experience. The vehicle boasts a long list of standard and optional features and technologies including user-friendly systems to keep you connected, help you control and monitor your speed and even help you find a parking space!

EcoBlue Diesel Engine

State-of-the-art, turbo-charged Ford EcoBlue diesel engines deliver measurably improved efficiency, performance and refinement. Available as 100 PS and 120 PS versions, they are also more responsive and also quieter than ever before.

SYNC 3. For an effortless hands-free experience – Stay connected to your navigation system, phone and music. Live Traffic can help you avoid the jams.

Pre-Collision Assist – Detects vehicles and pedestrians in the road ahead. The system warns you if it detects a potential collision and if you don’t respond it will automatically apply the brakes.

Intelligent Speed Assist – Designed to enhance your speed control enabling you to concentrate on the road.

For more information on the Ford, click internal options, external options, and manufacturer extras on the left-hand side of this page. You can also visit the Ford website.

If you would like to speak to one of our mobility specialists about our Ford wav vehicles, please call 0121 505 7777 to book a free home demonstration.  In addition to our Ford wav, if you would like to drive from your wheelchair, you may also want to consider the VW Drive.

*Fuel efficiency and CO2 figures correct on publication date (February 2020) and figures are taken from manufacturer websites. Figures shown are for comparability purposes; only compare fuel consumption and CO2 figures with other vehicles tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real life driving results, which will depend upon a number of factors including vehicle conversion, vehicle adaptations, the accessories fitted (post-registration), variations in weather, driving styles and vehicle load.